Found old PC from the 1999 era, thought for the heck of it would try a few Linux Os's to see if it would work. Able to load Win 98 on OK, but cannot get any Linux systems to load. The Boot CD's I have Linux on are not seen by PC, but I can use any of them on any one of other 5 PC's.
Thinking it has something to do with CD/Dvd player but not sure.
Tried Linux lite 32bit, tried Puppy Slacko 6.3.0 32 bit, Got something to this effect " unable to load due to wrong kernel????
Tried puppy precise 5.7.1 and nothing. When I start machine I go into BIOS and tell it to load from CD/DVD and it tries but nothing happens for about 30 seconds and then I get Failure to boot. All I have tried are 32 bit versions.
Any suggestions
Thanks katman 104
Trying to learn.

Found out the motherboard is a PAG 2130. I am not tech savvy enough to tell whether it will support Linux.
Max bus speed 100MHZ
Socket 7,K6MMX, Pentium MMX, K6-2, Cyrix Mll, K6-lll, winchip2
Chipset type VIAMVP4
supported RAM max size 768MB
Can anyone that knows main board tell from any of this if it will support Linux?

Thanks in advance

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Tried the Linux Main Debain 32bit and tried to load but got a bunch of errors. Would not load but, it also boots into Bios every time you turn it on and then you have to punch reset and then it will boot into windows.

Try Linux Mint Debian (LMDE). The MATE 32 bit works great for me on an old non-pae IBM Thinkpad laptop.

This thread has been timely for my own project keeping a 13 year old Acer laptop from becoming a doorstop. Two prime requirements to be met were compatibility with my printers and ability to be remastered. The latter important because once I've got things sorted out I don't want to start from scratch a second time.

LMDE surprised me regarding the printers. One is a Brother laser connected by ethernet cable to the router. The other is a Brother MFC connected to my desktop via USB. Pleasantly shocked to find both found, configured and ready for use. Only regret is no functional method of remastering.

antiX being nearly the opposite. Printers initially discovered but somehow not found when test page prints were sent. Fortunately their forum had answers for others with the same problem. A remastering application called snapshot was found already built in.

This (which I read can be overcome) but although you state maximum supported RAM as being 768MB, how much memory is actually present? If less than 512MB I doubt any Linux Mint (or Ubuntu-based) distro will boot and run properly; it'll probably just seem to hang even if the rest of the hardware is supported.

Tried the Linux Main Debain 32bit and tried to load but got a bunch of errors. Would not load but, it also boots into Bios every time you turn it on and then you have to punch reset and then it will boot into windows.

Cd? Set Bios as flash, cd, hd. Try a bootable flash. If no luck, try a lighter puppy linux: wary 5 or even 4.3.1. Old, but they
might boot on that old pc: